• quickly turns the foam into liquid fire.
• water spreads the flame.
• How tall are you?
• Failed protection from water filling up this mattress in rain.
• RMIT Textile Testing Service Test Report shows the mattress is flammable.
• A built-in foam mattress approx. 118cm in length:
A Jean Madden Street Swag may be described when laid flat as a piece of flammable canvas folded over a very small mattress - when a sample was independently tested, it was discovered to create liquid fire.
The official Street Swag website advertises a Street Swag for $80 (AUD).
A JEAN MADDEN STREET SWAG WOULD FAIL UNHCR INTERNATIONAL AID SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CANVAS SLEEPING TENTS.
Do distributing welfare agencies know the fire risk uncovered in this website?
• Many who work with homeless are aware that Street Swags are discarded.
• Penrith City Council had to collect and dispose of discarded Street Swags.
• A verbal report from Alice Springs claimed that around 500 Street Swags were discarded
by recipients and subsequently with great expense disposed of in landfill (unconfirmed report).
DESIGN FAILURES OR DIGNITY FORGOTTEN?
• Not zipped or full body - so how is one fully protected from rain, wind or insects?
• No mosquito mesh.
• Extremely difficult to roll up if one is physically or mentally impaired.
Street Swag - multiple design failures
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